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Chatterton, John. 44 Squadron operations order book
Description
An account of the resource
Collection consists of 521 items which are mostly Operations orders, aircraft load and weight tables and bomb aimers briefings for 44 Squadron operations between January 1944 and April 1945. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by M J Chatterton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />This collection also contains items concerning Dewhurst Graaf and his crew, and Donald Neil McKechnie and his crew. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/109020/">Dewhurst Graaf</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/115642/">Donald Neil McKechnie</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-03-14
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Chatterton, J
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[Underlined] GEISSEN. [/underlined]
DATE 6-12-44.
[Table of bomb loads]
PETROL 1550
DISTRIBUTOR .15
T.V. 1000
BOMB WEIGHT 12948
ALL UP. WEIGHT. [Deleted] 65,308 [deleted] 64,948.
[Table of Preselect]
[Deleted] ZERO. 1945 [/deleted] 2015 H-H+5.
WINDOWS. Start 0600E Stop 0500E. [Deleted] NICKELS. [/deleted] EFFORT. V GP.
[Deleted] TARGET A.U.W [/deleted]
BOMBING HEIGHTS. 11,200 - 12,200.
Nav. 1330
Capt. 1400
Main. 1430
[Page break]
H-11 Proximity Green T.I. Centre of town.
H-9, 7, (5) Flares
Marking Point 1 R.T.I. assessed backed up at least 4 RTI
Send Yellow & remark.
Greens backed up by reds if unable to mark marking point.
H-5 W. S & D Prefixed letter “N” (4 winds)
No emergency plan.
[Deleted] Sector [/deleted] TRACK. Height. Delay. Basic Delay.
038°T 32 secs 6 secs.
[Underlined] Maximum ToT [/underlined] 12 mins.
[Underlined] Minimum Height [/underlined] 6,000’ [Underlined] ORBIT [/underlined] Left handed.
Attack as planned
Attack Greens backed up Reds with no delay.
[Underlined] Window [/underlined]
ABCDEFHJUV 16 PKTS “MC” Antifighter. 224lbs.
OQRPSTYZ 15 PKTS Anti-flak. 342lbs.
Must be on exact track when over markers.
[Calculations]
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Title
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Bomb aimers briefing 6 December 1944 - Giessen
Description
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Indicates a single bomb load but with two sets of preselection settings. Start and stop points for Window and other minor details. On the reverse timings, marking details and bombing instructions. Includes details on window dropping by aircraft. Annotated with weight calculation at bottom.
Date
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1944-12-06
Format
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Two sides form document partially filled in front and handwritten on reverse
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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SChattertonJ159568v10308, SChattertonJ159568v10309
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Temporal Coverage
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1944-12-06
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Germany--Giessen (Hesse)
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Anne-Marie Watson
44 Squadron
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
briefing
target indicator
Window